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w. P. POTTER AND c'. F. HANDSHY.

TICKET BOX'AND CUTTER.

APPucmoN FILED Aue.1a.19r7.

.MW/MS A TTHNEY THB COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH C0 Wllndm. D. C.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

W. P. POTTER AND C. F. HANDSHY.

TlcKET Box AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I8. I9I7.

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"l ,.3 15,404. i Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

BY f A /I TTOR/VEY y To all @aboutit may concern:

WALTER PHILLIP Porres. r1. .nnivnsnn or srsiiverintn, ILLINOIS. i

l'ircxirrBox Ann corres. f i

i Speeilcationof Letters Patent. i

Patent-.ea sept. 9,191.9.

' Application inea august 1s, 1917;` serial No; 186,999.

Be it known that we, WALTER P. POTTER and Ci-rannns F. HANDSHY," citizens ofthe United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofsIllinois, have invented .certainnew and `useful Improvements in Ticket Boxes `and Cutters, of which the following is a specification;

@ur present invention relates to improve ments in ticket boxes and cutters, designed especially for use in connection with railway tickets or transfers for indicating the destination on the `ticket forwhich it is sold, or the transfer point for which thetransfer is issued. The "device is especially adapted for use inconnection with` specially designed and arranged tickets, by means of which the destination may be indicated on the passengers ticket and simultaneously indicated on a duplicate column, the destination of the ticket on the agents stub.` 1 And in connection `with the` @box and cutter, around trip or return ticketis used and the destination for both tripsof the roundtrip ticket may be notched simultaneously together with a similar identification ofthe destination on the agents stub.

The invention,` consists essentially in the adaptation for use with the above indicated tickets, of a box for holding the tickets in a pack, and speciallydesigned means for cutremovable with relation to `the box, and which may be manipulated with precision and facility in issuing tickets or transfers.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated one Vcomplete example of the physical embodiment of our invention constructed according to the best mode we have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of our invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box and cutter with a stack or pack of railway tickets indicated therein.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a blank outline showing the agents stub and destination for which the ticket was issued.

Fig. 3fL is a blank form indicating the ticket with its destination notched thereon.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the empty box.

Fig. 5 is perspective view of the pressure plate and cutter..

yiFigiG-is View of the supporting bar for slidable cutter.

Fig.' 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the pressure plate and supportingbar` showing the cutter in elevation. i Y u In the preferred embodiment of our invention we utilize a single trip ticket with two columns for the `railway stations, of which: the column to the right `is printed in large black type` and` the left column is printed with a duplicate list of stations paralleling the ticket stations, but preferably in smaller or lighter type, and this ticket is adapted to be torn apart longitudinaliy 1to provide" the passengers ticket and the stub to bei retained by the agent. Wfhen the ticket is torn apart, a notch is provided pointe'd'to thedestination on the ticket, and a. complementary dart is fashioned ,onthe agents stub" `opposite the destination, and in this Lmanner` the ticket issued and the stub retained are precisely and quickly marked.

rIhe device is to be manipulated byl hand and tothisend, the metallic box 1 is of convenient size to be grasped in the left hand and neatlyfiits the stack or pack of tickets therein, the sidewalls 2, 2 being cut away at both the back and front to give free access to the tickets. 'Slots 3, 3, are provided in the opposite ends 4 4 of the box, and along the outside ends are `attached two spring ting the ticket which is both adjustable and" arms `5, 5 having their ends projecting beyond the slots 3 for a purpose to be described.

In connection with the box a removable pressure plate 6 is employed, and designed to bear down upon the stack of tickets. At its front the plate is formed with a beveled edge or knife edge 7 along which the ticket may be torn, and at its ends integral perfo rated ears 8 8 rise therefrom to support the guide bar 9 which extends parallel with the plate and is spaced a slight distance therefrom. The plate is adapted to lie in the box on top of the tickets and the bar is so positioned that its ends will project through the slots 3 so that the slots 10 10 in the ends of the bar may be engaged by the spring arms 5 by which the plate and bar are retained in position in the box. The grooved bar and spring arms prevent longitudinal movement of the bar, but retain the plate and bar in position so that they may follow the diminishing pack of tickets as they are taken from the box.

A slidable cutter blade l1 with a forward cutting edge l2 has a perforated boss 13 Y through which the bar 9 passes, the perforation being indicated at 11a, and it will readily be apparent that the cutter blade may be slid lengthwise on the supporting bar as desired.

In opera-tion, the box as shown in Fig. l

i is grasped in the left hand, and if the destiblade is reached. The thumb is bearing by the agent.

down 'on the blade, and as the supporting bar is somewhat resilient, the cutting portion ofthe blade is pressed rmly upon the ticket so that the ticket maybe torn around the cutting edge or point leaving the notch shown in Fig. 3, and then the ticket is torn to its lower end, thus freeing the ticket for the passenger and the stub is retained For convenience of illustration, most of the stations have been omitted from the showing on theticket,vbut it will be apparent that the cutting blade or cutter may be slid along to any destination desired, and the ticket torn olf as above described, with facility and precision.

f When the tickets havel been exhausted, the spring arms are freed from the grooved bars andthe plate and bar with the cutter may be removed bodily from the box, a new pack. of tickets inserted in the box, and then the cutting deviceA again located in the box and held by the spring arms.

What we claim is l. A ticket holder and cutter comprising a container adapted tocreceive superposed tickets, said container having suitable walls, a vertically adjustable pressure member having a cutter thereon resting on the tickets and extending across the container, a resilient member connected with the container and near one end slidably engaging the pressure bar with its end portion normally free from said bar whereby the. resilient element may be shifted from engagement with the pressure bar when in position in said container to permit the same to be bodily removed from the container.

- 2. In a device of the character described, a ticket container, a pressure member adapted to overlie tickets in the container, said container having means guiding the pressure member during its vertical movement, yand means for maintaining the pressure member in operative association with the container and its guiding means including resilient elements having free end portions slidably engaging the pressure member to exert a pressure on the ladder, the free ends of said resilient elements extending beyond the pressure member when in operative position and entirely disconnected therefrom, whereby the resilient elements may be shifted from contact with the pressure member when the same is in operative position to permit the same to be bodily removed from the container.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures.

WALTER PHILLIP POTTER. CHARLES F. HANDSHY.

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